Chapter 818 Teammates are there to be pitted (3rd update, please subscribe)
My Daming dad is back again!
This time I'm really back!
Who could have thought that Qian Degong's official robe would cause such a big stir in the hearts of North Korean officials such as Li Shiying and Hong Chunmu.
In fact, Qian Degong did this deliberately, because this official robe is a formal dress and is not worn on a daily basis.
Civil and military officials of the Ming Dynasty also wore official robes, but in the Ming Dynasty, traditional clothing was used as formal dress.
Only on occasions such as the enthronement ceremony and the worship of heaven would the emperor wear the dragon robe with twelve emblems representing imperial power. Officials participating in the ceremony would wear traditional Ming Dynasty official robes. On ordinary days, they would naturally wear Nanhua costumes.
The so-called "Nanhua clothing" includes both stand-up collar formal wear and open collar formal wear. The former is similar to the Zhongshan suit, and the latter is similar to the open collar military uniform. There are also hunting jackets, short jackets, etc. These clothes are developed on the basis of military uniforms and work clothes, thus forming the special modern clothing of the Ming Dynasty... In fact, it is almost the clothing style of the 20th century.
But now these clothes have become the style of the Ming Dynasty. Of course, these clothes are definitely unorthodox for Koreans.
However, in this world, those who stick to the old ways will always be eliminated by history.
Is Lee Shi-ying, who was able to become the only living "Daewongun" in North Korean history as a "street thug", a conservative person?
yes!
Otherwise, he would not have rejected foreign ideas twice and advocated isolation. He was not like that either, because rejecting foreign ideas and being conservative were his political capital to a certain extent.
Now what?
Li Shiying, who fled in a hurry, knew very well that this Ming Dynasty was different, but how exactly was it different?
They couldn't explain it clearly. Soon, when they watched the movie, after seeing the skyscrapers, ships and factories of the Ming Dynasty, they were all plunged into unprecedented shock.
"Let's go to Daming!"
After watching the movie, Qian Degong looked at the stunned Li Shiying and said.
"His Majesty wishes to see you."
"What?"
Li Shiying looked at Qian Degong in surprise and said in astonishment.
"I have only just arrived in Edo. How did Your Majesty know that I have arrived?"
"telegraph!"
Qian Degong omitted two words. He should have said "wireless telegraph". Because the Pacific cable had not yet been laid, the communication between Ming and Japan now relied entirely on the top-secret "wireless telegraph".
Even Qian Degong, the Protector-General, did not know about the existence of wireless telegraphy. After all, for the Ming Dynasty, the existence of wireless telegraphy itself was a killer weapon. Especially in war, the role it could play was far beyond people's imagination.
"Originally it was a telegraph, the thing that could transmit sound over thousands of miles."
"That's for the phone."
Qian Degong laughed.
"Go to Daming, Daewon-gun. I think you will gain something there!"
Why should Li Shiying come to Ming Dynasty?
Emperor Zhu had his own considerations. He believed that the industrial development and prosperity of the Ming Dynasty was enough to conquer anyone. But he had other plans for Li Shiying.
"Korea, after all, is a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty and a filial son of the Ming Dynasty. Other places can be ignored, but Korea..."
After a pause, Emperor Zhu said in a rather affirmative tone.
"I definitely want Korea. Li Shiying is not the king. If he can figure it out, he will know what to do."
What would Li Shiying do?
Emperor Zhu knew better than anyone that, in history, after he was arrested by the Qing army and escorted to Baoding, his attitude changed drastically in just a few months. Not only did he no longer insist on the idea of closing the country, he even suggested that the Qing Dynasty follow the example of the Yuan Dynasty's Zhengdong Province and send ministers to supervise the country.
Such a person is definitely a wise man who knows how to deal with current affairs!
With his cooperation, it is not impossible to incorporate Korea into an overseas province of the Ming Dynasty. As for the so-called King Li, the Ming Dynasty can still afford to support a prince. If all else fails, the worst that can happen is to give him a watch as a gift.
"Your Majesty is wise!"
Wang Youling, who was playing chess with His Majesty, said with a smile.
"Once Korea returns to the Ming Dynasty, our Ming Dynasty will almost have all its former vassal states returned to us. As for Vietnam, we can negotiate with France and ask them to hand over Cochinchina to our dynasty."
"Cochinchina" is what later generations called South Vietnam, and it was also the first place occupied by the French during the Franco-Vietnamese War.
"It's absolutely impossible."
Shaking his head, Emperor Zhu said.
"I have no territorial claims on Nanyang. If the ruler of China is willing to live up to his expectations, he can annex Nanyang and turn it into China's back garden. If he is not willing to live up to his expectations..."
After a pause, what will happen then? Emperor Zhu had a very clear answer in his mind. In the past ten years, he had been "raising poison" there. Xuzhou Li, Tianguo, Shi Dakai in the northwest, and Zeng's family in Huguang, as for what fruits would bloom, Emperor Zhu was not sure, but what was certain was that the internal competition in China would definitely be beyond his expectations.
"Leave tomorrow's world to tomorrow's people!"
Emperor Zhu said, looking at the Xin'an River in the distance and the ships passing by on the river.
"I can't ask too much about the future. For now, we just need to do well in the present. If we control North Korea, we can at least curb Russia's ambitions in the Far East. Constantinople alone cannot satisfy Russia's appetite. This country is greedy by nature. Once they seize Constantinople, they will inevitably have evil thoughts about China. With North Korea around, they dare not act rashly."
In fact, Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang had little interest in his godson from Korea. Of course, he was still very interested in Korean women. Not just one person, but the fact that Korean women could marry Ming men!
"Your Majesty, the foreigners are all ambitious and we must be on guard. Even though we have to befriend them for various reasons right now, we must also be careful to prevent their betrayal in the future."
Wang Youling naturally distrusted foreigners. They were not of my race, so their hearts must be different! There was nothing wrong with that.
"I know this. The Quadruple Alliance seems to be extremely powerful, but in fact, we are sleeping in the same bed but dreaming different dreams. We are a union of interests. We unite because of interests, and we will also separate because of interests. There has never been any so-called everlasting friendship between countries. The only thing that does not change is interests. One day, France will ally with Britain, and there is nothing surprising about it. When forming an alliance with a foreign country, unless we can truly control them, otherwise, who else can we cheat if not you?"
With a cold smile, there are more than one or two countries that have been betrayed by their allies in history. For example, Britain is best at betraying its allies. They betrayed the French army in France and betrayed China in Southeast Asia. Why not betray the United States... Well, they have to rely on this own son to survive!
I can't afford to betray you!
In fact, this is the norm in international relations.
If you don't betray your allies, who should you betray? Or your enemies? There must be a chance!
Even if Ming Dynasty has the opportunity in the future, it will definitely betray its teammates.
When Emperor Zhu finished speaking, Wang Youling dropped a chess piece and smiled.
"Your Majesty, I won..."
After saying this, his face was full of smiles. His Majesty was a terrible chess player, but he still liked to play chess with others. Every time they played chess, he always had a feeling that he had won unfairly!
"Forget it. I can't beat you guys anyway. That's all for today. By the way, Yingjiu, come with me to Asuncion later. To be honest, I've never been to Asuncion since Paraguay was incorporated into the Ming Dynasty!"
(End of this chapter)
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